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Podcast: Episode 10 – Millin’ about the Mille
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Looks like we’ve maaaaade it! Episode 10 folks, that’s a milestone round these parts. I’m rejoined by my podcast partner Blake Z. Rong and we do our discussion dance that brings in all things automotive, both new and old. Up on this episode of the podcast, we discuss the new Porsche 911 Turbo and I…
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Podcast: Episode 10 – Millin' about the Mille
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Looks like we’ve maaaaade it! Episode 10 folks, that’s a milestone round these parts. I’m rejoined by my podcast partner Blake Z. Rong and we do our discussion dance that brings in all things automotive, both new and old. Up on this episode of the podcast, we discuss the new Porsche 911 Turbo and I…
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Hooniverse 101- Let’s Do Drum Brakes (Part One)
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Stopping your car is almost as important as making it go, and whether you’re a left- or right-foot braker, it’s safe to say you want to make sure your car’s clampers are up to the task. For our next installment of Hooniverse 101, we’re going to dive into the function and maintenance of those most…
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Last week I asked you to find non-native cars for sale, and the result was like an Ellis Island tollbooth. We’ll check papers after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s…
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Classic Captions – The 1981 Peterbilt 359 Truck Edition
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Classic Captions Post. This is a series of posts that are set to run this time each week, so let’s review the premise; I search for images that were used by the car companies in their print advertising or brochures, and it is your job to provide a humorous, snarky, or…
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Hooniverse Asks- How Far Can Your Daily Driver Run on E? (Pump Week)
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As we’re celebrating Pump Week and all things gas station fill-ups, today’s question pertains to what lengths you are able to go to in avoiding them. Specifically, what I want to know is how far can your daily driver go with the gas gauge on E before the car will sputter and die. For some…
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Last Call- Bug Bites Edition
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The image above is pretty big, and you may need to scroll down to get the full picture, but that’s okay as this face mask full of flies needs to be seen in all its glory to be believed. It also brings up the old joke – what’s the last thing to go through a…
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How Not to Transport Two Classic Benzes
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A reader of Hooniverse and personal friend of mine in Florida snapped this photo on his way home from work the other day, and right away there are a few things that stand out about it. Firstly, that’s a famous/infamous Mercedes-Benz 600 sitting unloved on the back of a car carrier in the rain. Secondly,…
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Awesome Corvette Week – 1976 Chevrolet Corvette in a tan shade
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Yesterday’s purple custom Corvette C4 wasn’t an easy sight on the eyes. Obviously, we need to scale back the aggressiveness, and here’s a 1976 Chevrolet Corvette C3, finished in a colour that reminds me of plastic mannequins – or an unpainted scale model, if models are what we’re talking about. The tan Vette is a…
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Greenwich Concours Preview: Rolls-Royce Silver Spur by Mulliner Park Ward
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It’s a bit unusual to see something at Greenwich that is squarely in the Mobile Conference Room class, but in my eyes this was one of the overlooked gems of the 2012 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. Known to people outside the limousine industry as the C-pillar stretch, this Rolls-Royce Silver Spur by Mulliner Park Ward from…
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Lord Baby Jesus Does Exist, and He Has Given Us the Chevrolet "LS12"
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Dear Eight Pound, Six Ounce, Newborn Baby Jesus, don’t even know a word yet, just a little infant, so cuddly, but still omnipotent. We just thank you for all LS-powered V8 swaps you have brought us, but this right here is a second coming of greatness. Introduction video after the jump.
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Junkyard Find- Ford Taurus SHO
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Oh how the mighty have fallen. That oft-quoted biblical passage is what first came to my mind when I spotted this 1990 Taurus SHO in the U-Pull-It yard. Amazingly intact and lacking any obvious evidence as to why this became its ultimate fate, the final blow was dealt when I remembered that all of these…
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Piloting the Interceptor
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For a short while, one unseasonably hot thursday, I was the coolest man in the entire world, and my grin made me look like a Canadian on South Park. Now, I’m not a cool person, at all. Even my knees have an outmoded, unfashionable quality to them. But coolness is sometimes a mindset, and…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Have a Fuel-up Ritual? (Pump Week)
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Many fire departments advocate that the bi-annual clock change – springing forward and falling back – makes for a good opportunity to also check the batteries in your home’s smoke detectors. Likewise, in ye olden days it was pretty much a given that stopping into a filling station was also a good time to check things…
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Last Call- Stacking's not packing edition
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The ability to make one trip may overweigh all other aspects of load management in most men’s minds, but this maxed out Maxima is just plain nuts. Image: Imgur
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All Dressed Up: 1980 MGB Roadster Limited Edition looks good in black
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It’s not often that I have the chance to literally sit next to a classic machine and just admire it, but such was my luck on Friday night. After a delicious meal at our favorite local Mexican restaurant (tacos de al pastor are delicious here), I decided to wait outside for the rest of our…